History A-Level
Technological transition and power sources
What Technological transition and power sources means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Work moved from domestic to factory employment from the mid-eighteenth century, from water to steam power from the late eighteenth century, and to electrical power in the early twentieth century.
Topics that use Technological transition and power sources
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 1 Changing patterns of adult work and working conditions (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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